The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-01-27
THE COUNTY PRINTING.

The Globe last week contained near
ly two columns upon the letting of the
county printing. The article was
mostly written by E. 5. Mills, and sim
ply backed up and endorsed by the pa
per.
Elsewhere we give a letter from
Commissioner J. A. Town, the Chair
man of the Board, explaining his own
action and, in part. that of his COL
leagues.
The article in the Globe has but one
motive, viz: AL attempt to make pollti.
cal capital for E. S. Mills and newspa-
per capital for the paper. This is all
there is to it.
Mills worked day and night, like an
attorney before court, while the
Board was in session. to secure the
printing for the Globe. He was full of
suggestions, expedients, lodges, etc.,
in true demagogue style, to carry his
point. The result was that the AD.
VANCE walked in quietly, scarcely said
printing. The Globe editor and Mills
did the talking and the ADVANCE
does the printing.
There is just one reason why the
ADVANCE got the printing, viz:
The ADVANCE bid was the lowest.
l. On the delinquent tax list, or the
first bid, we bid nothing while all the
Others bid something. The Board were
compelled to give it to the ADVANCE
2. On the second bid, that is for all
the other printing, the Board spent
nearly two hours upon the question as
to which bid was the lowest, and fully
decided Republican men, bers and In.
dependent members both expressing
the opinion that our bid was the low.
est) that the ADVANCE was entitled TO
the printing rs the lowest bidder.
When the vote was taken Republicans
and Independents alike voted to give it
to the ADVANCE.
The Board may have tacitly consid-
cred the matter of circulation or the
'character and value OF the paper as a
means of reaching the tax payers" but
this did not appear openly. The AD-
VANCE editor was on hand with his
subscription book awaiting chance to
show his list and prove that, under the
law. the Board was bound to give us
it's proceedings to publish, but the op-
portunity was not gwen. No other
paper would dare to compare lists with
the ADVANCE when it comes to gener-
al circulation and reaching the tax
payers.
E, $. Mills has several reasons for
this kick of his through the newspa-
per:
l. He failed to force the Board to
ct the printing to his paper, in part
payment for services rendered last fall
during the campaign.
2. He feels humiIiated and chagriu-
ed that his influence with the new
Board is just about what a mere clerk g
should be, ''only this and nothing
more.''
3. He is always playing the dema-
gogue and endeavoring to make tile
people believe that when E. 5. Mills is
disappointed or grieved. they also have
grievance. He has no private griefs.
His own feelings and private wishes
are of such vast concern that ne calls
on the people to consider them their
own and to form Il party to avenge Ills
feelings and carry out his private
ends.
4. The Board refused to allow a bill
Of 500 which he put in for a set of
books gotten up entirely for his use,
that is, to save work and help him in
making up tax lists, etc. The
Board quietly sat down on this little
steal, but decided to purchase the
books at their cost, about $14 we be-
lieye it was.
Let US look at this little further:
l. An attempt is made to draw in
the two papers in the west end as be.
ing ''insulted" and aggrieved. They
were both excluded by their bids, AS
they were above those of the Worth.
in9tOn papers. So this demagogue
trick will not win.